Dear Editor,

If it had been up to me the bridge to West Seattle would have been named the Jeanette Williams Bridge from day one. I am glad it is going to finally be called that.

For 26 years I rode the bus to my job at Sears as a record and invoice clerk in the M.O. Dept. I as well as I imagine other riders felt ships and boats were sitting, waiting for our bus to approach to have the bridge opened.

By the time it was damaged and only partly able for traffic to cross, I had retired and was driving two times a week to Renton to care for my aged father. It often would take 40 minutes to get across each way.

Mrs. Williams held out for the replacement to be a high bridge.

When it was finished I called her office to thank her for her courageous work. Her secretary thanked me profusely and said she would be delighted by my call for most of her calls were asking for something to be done or complaints.
I only wish her name could have been added in her lifetime. But I also feel that this wouldn’t have been as important to her as getting the high bridge built.

A. Barrett
West Seattle